Whisk together the flour, oats, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.

In a large bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter and peanut butter until smooth. Add the sugars and beat until combined.

Add the eggs and vanilla and beat until incorporated, scraping down the bowl as necessary. In 3 additions, add the flour mixture on low speed, just until combined. Stir in the chips.

(You're going to end up with a LOT of dough!)

Drop the dough by the rounded tablespoon onto the prepared sheets and bake about 12-14 minutes. Removed from oven and let sit on the cookie sheets for 1 minute. Remove from wire rack to cool completely.

Make some cookies now and freeze some dough for later. Wrap well and freeze up to 6 months. Thaw in the refrigerator and bake as directed.

Love the look and sound of these. I really like the idea of adding a little bit of cocoa powder to the cookie dough (need to file that idea away). Plus, I like white whole wheat flour...the same benefits as regular whole wheat flour but a much milder result. : )

This is a healthy food that my kids will also love!I would love for you to link up this recipe to my linky party, my readers will LOVE this recipe!! http://www.fivelittlechefs.com/2013/01/fantastic-thursday-27.html

I halved the recipe and I have the perfect amount of cookies for my husband and I to snack on for a few days + some to take to my dad! Great recipe, I sprinkled a little salt flake on top of mine before baking. One note, the color of my cookies aren't quite as pretty. I used a natural cocoa/dutch cocoa blend, because that is all I had on hand, so maybe that's why? I also didn't have the white whole wheat, so I just went with the all purpose. My batter was kind of greyish and they baked to kind of a muddy color. I don't care because they taste awesome...haha!

Talk about a healthy cookie. You said that you make them 1 rounded tablespoon, so they are probably around 1.5 ounces. So at 1.5 ounces these cookies are 193.67 calories a piece. Not only that, but 6 grams of saturated fat. 6 grams of saturated fat is 30% of the average adult's daily value, FROM ONE OF YOUR COOKIES. As for the oats contributing fiber, the cookie comes in at 1.6 grams of dietary fiber, which is barely significant. Please, if you're ever going to claim something is healthy, truly mean it. There are people that would actually believe that this is healthy, when it is obviously not.